GnarGnar's Guide to Autosuggestion

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[center][color=red]Until I finish this guide, This is a great guide to autosuggestion![/color][/center]

I’m still working on this so feel free to comment only if you have advice/ know something you think should be in here. (Warning: I’m not correcting it or anything atm, this will be very unorganized and have parts missing muahaha, won’t be finished for a While )

[center][size=200]GnarGnar’s Guide to Autosuggestion![/size][/center]

[center][size=100]Table Of Content[/size][/center]
[center]0: Intro[/center]
[center]10: What is Autosuggestion?[/center]
[center]11: Definition or Autosuggestion[/center]
[center]12: Discovery of Autosuggestion[/center]
[center]13: Other names for Autosuggestion[/center]
[center]20: Beginners Mantra[/center]
[center]21: What is a Manta?[/center]
[center]22: How to word a Mantra and why[/center]
[center]23: Basics[/center]
[center]24: Positivity[/center]
[center]25: Present Tense[/center]
[center]26: Progressive and Realistic[/center]
[center]27: Telling yourself your Mantra[/center]
[center]28: Repetition[/center]
[center]29: Believing[/center]
[center]31: Building your Confidence[/center]
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[center]Bibliography[/center]

[center]What is autosuggestion[/center]
11. Definition of Autosuggestion
To understand autosuggestion we should start off with defining it, Answers.com says auto suggestion is

The process by which a person induces self-acceptance of an opinion,belief, or plan of action. This tells us that We can persuade [synonym for induce] our self’s of an opinion, belief or plan of action.

12. Discovery of autosuggestion:
    Autosuggestion was discovered by Emile Coué (Couéism) in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Coué discovered that subjects could not be hypnotized against their will and, more importantly, that the effects of hypnosis waned when the subjects regained consciousness. He thus eventually developed the Coué method, and in 1920, released his first book, "Self-Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion in England, with the United States release coming two years later.

The Coué Method is the use of repetition conscious autosuggestion centered around a routine of repeating a mantra at the beginning and end of the day. It was Emile Coue who came up with the phrase “Every day, in every way, I am getting better better and better”. He noticed that his medicine was more effective if he complimented and praised his medicine. Coué believed that positive affirmation, instead of negative affirmation, would help patients. Coué noticed that the main obstacle with autosuggestion was willpower. He noticed that when patients made independent judgments, they may end up thinking the opposite of the positive affirmation.

13. Other names:
    Couéism, Self hypnosis, Self Suggestion.

[center]Beginner’s Mantra’s[/center]

21. What is a mantra?
    A mantra is a commonly repeated phrase, word, idea or sound. A mantra is usually considered the same thing as a suggestion. A common lucid dreaming mantra that I use is I am more aware in every dream.

22. How to word a Mantra and why.
    The way you word you mantra is important. The better its worded the easier it will be for your sub conscious to accept and let this mantra ‘sink in’. In the following part I will be showing you how you are going to want to word a mantra by showing you a bad example of a mantra and a good one.

23. Basics.
    When you start with your mantra you want to make sure you are affirming something not hoping. A bad example of this is I want to have a Lucid Dream. This is bad because your not affirming yourself, your just hoping. A better example of this is I am going to have a Lucid dream.. You also want to have your mantra be as simplistic as possible, The best mantra if possible would be one that is only one word/sound. You want a simple mantra because it is easier to remember, easier to say and less confusing for your Sub Conscious.

24. Positivity.
    When you are creating your mantra you must focus on the positive thoughts not the negative ones. A bad example of this would be I Will not get a F on my test tomorrow.. To fix this we want to remove any negative thoughts. A better example is I am going to do good on my test tomorrow.

25. Present Tense.
A bad example of this is is I Will be happy. This is bad because If you word something in the present you may feel less connected with it making it harder to accept, phrasing things in the present makes them more relate-able to. A better example of this is I am becoming more happy.

26. Progressive and Realistic.
    A bad example of this is I have the ability to lucid dream every night This is bad because everyone has the potential to Lucid dream every night but don’t, I am able to do a lot of things but that doesn’t always mean I will do them. I good example for a mantra would be I am now becoming better at Lucid dreaming.

27. Telling yourself your Mantra.
    This may seem like a obvious answer, “well I’m just gonna repeat my mantra… duh.” But their is a method to this. To start off, Tell yourself your mantra. Notice how you say it, Are you being enthusiastic? Are you saying it in a demanding way? Are you just telling it to yourself like your talking to a wall? When you say your mantra to yourself you have to say It like your talking to another person for it to be more effective. If you think about it, Your talking to yourself and you should want to talk to yourself in the nicest and most enthusiastic way possible. You must try not to say it in a detached way but in a trusting, meaningful way. If you have problems with this and have a hard time with the idea that your talking to a person, look in the mirror when you say your mantra and say it to yourself (that is what your doing)

Be nice to your subconsious, cause they like a BOSS

• StarryGwee.

28. Repetition.
A lot of people wonder how many times your supposed to repeat your mantra? Well the answer is its not about repetition but how well your mantra sticks with you. You want to make sure when repeating a mantra to make sure that you don’t just repeat it mindlessly, each time you say it you should try and make if more meaningful. Once you feel that it has kind of sunk in you want to stop saying it and thinking about it.

29. Believing.
    This is probably the most tip in this whole guide. BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU ARE SAYING This is more important then all then every thing in this article, This is the whole point of it. Make sure when you repeat your mantra that you really mean it. The more you mean it the greater effect it will have on you. If you repeat your mantra and you still don’t feel like you mean it their are some things you can do to trick your mind into believing (muhahaha). I call it the acting method (It’ll be obvious why) and use it when ever I feel like my mantra isn’t meaningful or I have doubt. To do this, you are going to think of the most stupid, dumb, obvious question out their, I like to use 1+1=2. I will repeat that to myself and pretend someone is asking me it. And I will try and say how obvious it is, ex: “1+1 is 2 duh, 1+1=2 everyone knows that (inner dialogue)” until I get this feeling of how dumb and obvious it is when I get that feeling I then repeat with my Mantra with the same mindset, ex: “I am going to remember my dreams tonight… Duh, everyone knows that”. And what do you know, I start to believe it (And then I remember all my dreams ).

[center] Using autosuggestion[/center]

31. Building your Confidence.
    Autosuggestion relies on confidence, if your not confident in your suggestions/mantra then you want have as much success as someone else who might. One of the techniques that I first used with autosuggestion to boost my confidence with it was to use it to wake up in the middle of the night, which I still use all the time. This works by creating a mantra/suggestion about waking up in the morning, Mine was I will wake up at 5 o’clock. I repeated this before I went to sleep that night, and with some help with the acting technique, I woke up the next morning 5 minutes before 5 o’clock! Using suggestion/mantra’s to remember more dreams is also a great way to build confidence .

LINKS (anyone looking at this before its done to learn more, look at these):
ukhypnosis.com/Autosuggestion.htm
answers.com/topic/autosuggestion
self-improvement-life-coach. … nique.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile … nd_origins
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-suggestion